Improved cotton-bale tie



UNITED STATESr GEORGE N. BEARD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVED COTTON-BALE TIE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 89,844., dated May 11,1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that l, Geenen N. BEARD, of St. Louis,in the county of St.Louis and State of Missouri, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Cotton-Bale Ties; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and correct description thereof, reference beingmade to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencethereon.

The nature of this invention is in the application of a buckle with ahinged tongue in such wise that the usual band or hoop shall connect tothe said tongue, and act by a leverage, when the strain of the balecomes thereon, to cause the other end of the band to fold about thetransverse end of the buckle and the rounded end of the tongue-lever,and, moreover, so that the end of the hoop thus bent shall suffer noabrupt distortion or angular deflection, and avoiding cracking orsplitting of thehoop-iron, which usuallyT occurs in ordinary buckle-tiesunder great strain.

It is -Well known that in self-adjusting ties or locks 4the band isquickly deflected, in order that the distortion thus formed may preventslipping of thetie on the band. Such quick deflections are usually moreor less angular, thereby creating great liability to rupture of thefiber of the iron band, and necessitating the use of a superior qualityof iron at a correspondingly-increased cost. To

avoid these disadvantages, and to form ingeneral an improved band-tie,4is the object of my said invention. y

.To enable those herein 'skilled to make and use my said improvement, Iwill now more fully describe the same, referring herein to theaccompanying drawing.

Figure 1, as a section; Fig. 2, as a plan; and Fig. 3, as an elevation,showing the lock `immediately after insertion of the band.

has the pivot-bar a, to which the tongue-lever B is connected andsecured, leaving, however, the tongue B free to turn readily on the saidpivot-bar.

The tongue B has at its end a rectangular loop, b, and the end bar, b',of said loop Vis arranged of a circular or rounded exterior form orsection, so that one end of the band C may be wound about said end bar,giving a bend of easy curvature and avoiding angular turns.

' To retain the band, and in transportation to prevent the detachment ofthe buckle, the overlapping end of the band may be riveted down, asindicated in the accompanying draw- 1n gs.

The forward end of the tongue B has the form indicated at B', said formbeing determined by the necessity of clutching and holding the otherend, C', of the band, when it has been inserted in the buckle A, andsaid form is, moreover, determined by curvature of the band, to beproduced in drawing thesame to a firm engagement about the end of thetongue and the end rail, A', of the buckle.

The band end C will be more usually inserted from the upper side in thebuckle A. Its projecting part, in the strain caused by the compressedbale and transmitted by the end O and the` tongue-lever B, will be heldby the'end B of the tongue-lever pressing against it, and thus thisprojecting part, under the influence of the tongue-lever, is graduallybent over (rounding about the end rail A) until the bent part liessnugly about this end trail.

In order to secure a proper curve, and to prevent an angular bend, therail A is circular or approximately circular in section, and the lowersurface of the tongue end B( is similar in form.

The end B laps over the end rail A. Hence it is plain that, as the bandC lies next to the bale, this end G will be forced, in the eX- pansionof the bale, toa return bend, and nally lie close to the end C. The bandis therefore caused to form an S-shaped curve,

which is gradual in its deflections, aud prcl the buckle A, so shapedas, when drawn down sents great security against rupture ordisengagement.

It is, moreover, plain that the leverage gained by the attachment of theband C to the loop b is of essential importance to cause the forward endof the tongue B to hold fast upon the band C.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- Thetongue-lever B B', in combination with i by the band C. to cause the endC of the band to bend about the end rail A formin g, by thecounter-pressure of the compressed bale, an S-shaped curve,substantially as herein described.

G. N. BEARD.

Vitnesses:

GEO. P. HERTHEL, J r., WILLIAM W. HERTHEL.

